Movies released in 1940
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Murder Over New York
1940Feature FilmWhen Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
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Seven Sinners
1940Feature FilmBijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for inciting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes very... See full summary »
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940Feature FilmFlash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov return to the planet Mongo for an antidote to the Purple Death, which wreaking destruction on Earth. However, Ming the Merciless has other plans for them.
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Johnny Apollo
1940Feature FilmThe son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.
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The Howards of Virginia
1940Feature FilmJust prior to the American War of Independence, aristocratic Virginian Jane Peyton marries unsophisticated rustic farmer and surveyor Matt Howard who takes her to his Shenandoah Valley plantation and later goes to war.
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Susan and God
1940Feature FilmSusan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new found ... See full summary »
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Young Tom Edison
1940Feature FilmInventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns ... See full summary »
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You'll Find Out
1940Feature FilmThe manager of Kay Kyser's band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
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The Fatal Hour
1940Feature FilmWhen Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong. Mr. Wong uncovers a smuggling ring on the waterfront of San Francisco ... See full summary »
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Doomed to Die
1940Feature FilmMr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
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Brigham Young
1940Feature FilmIn 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
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It All Came True
1940Feature FilmAfter crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
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Down Argentine Way
1940Feature FilmAn American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
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You're Missing the Point
1940Feature FilmThe boyfriend (Cantinflas) of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his... See full summary »
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Before I Hang
1940Feature FilmA physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
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No Time for Comedy
1940Feature FilmPlaywright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the ... See full summary »
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The Stars Look Down
1940Feature FilmDavey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to ... See full summary »
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The House of the Seven Gables
1940Feature FilmFighting over an inheritance, one Pyncheon brother frames the other for murder.
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Angels Over Broadway
1940Feature FilmA cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
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British Intelligence
1940Feature FilmAlthough the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.
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21 Days Together
1940Feature FilmAfter Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together ... See full summary »
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Third Finger, Left Hand
1940Feature FilmA single magazine editor pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues, but complications ensue when she meets a potential suitor.
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940Feature FilmJudge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
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